Oil Movies

Oil is a primary energy source in the world. Global oil consumption reached approximately 95 million barrels per day but oil fields' quality is...

From Rockefeller's first oil wells in 1860 to the recent war in Iraq, oil has been the driving force behind the tragic history of the 20th century....

Engineer Ilir wants to drill for oil in an area in which there exists no data from previous researchers. Faced with disagreement from his colleague,...

Black Snake Killaz is a feature-length documentary film about the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. This film explores actions taken by water...

A compelling documentary film four years in the making, The Pipe tells the story of the small Rossport community which has taken on the might of...

Documentary telling the story of the shale oil industry and its lasting impact on the community of West Lothian. Presented by geologist Professor...

A documentary that follows Thomas Goltz and a group of riders on old Soviet motorcycles as they carry the first symbolic barrel of Caspian oil from...

An experimental dreamlike video rocking us smoothly through circular moves. The visual compositions have been created out of paint, oil and soap...

The “Prophecy of the 7th Fire” says a “black snake” will bring destruction to the earth. For Winona LaDuke, the “black...

Moving between a local microcosm and the global oil crisis, H2Oil weaves together a collection of compelling stories of people who are at the front...

Porky invests his savings. Mayhem ensues.

America is addicted to oil. President George Bush said so… and now that phrase is echoed everywhere. But are we really “addicted”?...

When the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise set sail in 2013 to protest the first ever oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, none of the people on board...

BP documentary film exploring the natural beauty of oil under the microscope, and through a variety of other techniques.

A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.

The map of an American city goes on a quest across the world to find oil in order to feed its body, made of streets, highways and freeways.

oil workers, builders, geologists

A documentary about the psychological costs of working in Alberta's oil sands and the mental health crisis that's been ignored for a decade.

Getting Down to Earth Again, is a black and white motion picture, produced by Caravel Films Inc. for the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., and was...

What was the impact of the emergence of oil on Kuwait in particular and on the Gulf society in general? How did people behave? What were their...